David Kwaitkowski

David Kwiatkowski was a traveling radiology technician whose fentanyl addiction led to one of the largest healthcare-associated hepatitis C outbreaks in U.S. history. After diverting patients' pain medication and replacing it with contaminated syringes, he infected dozens of people while moving between hospitals across multiple states.

In this episode, we uncover how the scheme worked, the investigation that finally exposed it, and the patient safety failures that allowed it to continue for years.

Listener discretion is advised.

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14NH186 9/4/14 14-cv-9-SM Exeter Hospital v. Kwiatkowski, et al.

‘Serial Infector’ Gets 39 Years for Hepatitis C Outbreak — FBI

District of New Hampshire | Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Sentenced In Connection With Widespread Hepatitis C Outbreak | United States Department of Justice

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plea-deal-of-lab-tech-linked-to-hepatitis-c-outbreak-reveals-more-past-details/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hospital-technician-to-plead-guilty-in-hepatitis-c-outbreak/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lab-tech-pleads-guilty-to-causing-nh-hepatitis-c-outbreak/

N.H. Patients Seek Accountability In Hepatitis Case | WBUR News

New Hampshire hospital employee charged with infecting patients with hepatitis C worked in Ann Arbor

Lab tech accused in hepatitis C outbreak fired by Ariz. hospital in 2010 over drugs - CBS News

Tech may have infected patients with Hepatitis C in as many as eight states, officials confirm - CBS News

Kwiatkowski's history as a med tech shows flaws in system

When Drug Addicts Work in Hospitals, No One is Safe - Newsweek

Exeter Hospital v. Kwiatkowski, et al. 14-cv-9-SM 10/31/16

Man who infected 46 patients with hepatitis C denied release | AP News

District of New Hampshire | Former Exeter Hospital Employee's Request for Compassionate Release From 39-Year Sentence Denied | United States Department of Justice